Crot(m.] cxxii. euphorbiace^ (hutchinson). 775 



shortly stellate -pubescent ; stipules linear-subulate, IJ lin. long,, 

 pubescent. Flowers monoecious, subsessile on the axis of the in- 

 florescence, the upper third male, the lower two-thirds female, the 

 whole 4J-5 in. long ; axis hirsute with yellow stellate hairs ; bracts, 

 linear, pubescent, 1-2 lin. long. Male flowers : Sepals 5, connate at 

 the base, broadly ovate, subacute, J lin. long, pubescent outside. Petals 

 5, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1 lin. long, villous at the base on both 

 sides, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 15 ; filaments terete, glabrous ; 

 anther-cells distinct, one slightly larger than the other. Receptacle 

 densely villous. Female flowers : Sepals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 Ij lin. long, stellate -pubescent on the outside. Petals absent. Disk- 

 segments opposite the sepals, ovate-triangular, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous. Ovary ovoid, tomentose with yellow hairs ; styles 3, bilobed 

 to the base ; segments linear, glabrous and black towards the apex,, 

 about 1 lin. long. Young fruits ovoid, rusty tomentellous, 4 lin. long, 

 2J lin. in diam.— Milll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 543 ; Ficalho, PI. 

 Uteis, 251 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 971 ; De Wild. Etudes 

 Fl. Bas- et Moyen-Congo, ii. 277. 



lower Guinea. Belgian Congo : Stanley Pool district ; Dembo, GiUef, 

 2108 ; between Kisantu and the Kwango, Biittner in Herh. Qillef, 3725 ; near 

 K\t&h\, Lecomte, A, 111 I Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in MatadeCabondo, 7Fe/ici7*rA» 

 346! 



Sontli Cdntral. Belgian Congo : Welle district j between Amadis and Poko, 

 Seret, 843 ; Kasai district ; Lubue, Laurent. 



Imp&rfecthj known species. 



43. C. Verdickii, De Wild. Etudes FL Bas- et Moyen-CongOy 

 ii. 277. A large tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic, pointed 

 at both ends, obtuse, 3-3 J in. long, l|-2 in. broad, thinly chartaceous, 

 glabrous and dull on both surfaces ;" lateral nerves about 5 on each 

 side, ascending, prominent below ; secondary nerves subparallel, distinct 

 below ; petiole biglandular at the apex, j-lj in. long, with a puberulous 

 groove on the upper side, otherwise glabrous ; stipules obliquely 

 lanceolate, IJ lin. long, glabrous, membranous. Male and female 

 flowers not known, but flowers probably monoecious. Fruiting racemes 

 terminal; pedicel stout, Ij lin. long, tomentose. Sepals lanceolate, 

 thinly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Fruits ellipsoid or ovoid, 3-4 lin. 

 long, about 2 J lin. in diam., densely yellowish-tomentellous. 



Soutb Central. Belgian Congo : Katanga ; Lukaf u, Verdick, 298 ! 



Described from imperfect fruiting material. 



39. JATROPHA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 290 



Flowers moncecious, rarely dioecious. Petals usually present. Male 

 flowers : Sepals 5, imbricate, often slightly connate. Petals 5, mostly 

 imbricate, connate into a 5-lobed tube or free, rarely absent. Disk 

 entire or more often divided into 5 glands. Stamens 8 (in the African 

 species), in two series ; filaments partially connate, the 5 outer opposite 



